Lychnis chalcedonica seeds - Red Jerusalem Cross

Two solutions are possible for sowing the Jerusalem Cross: in Spring or in autumn. If you choose to sow Spring, you can do it in containers under shelters from March (if the climate in your region is rather mild, otherwise prefer April): the seeds will be buried under a few millimeters of light and wet maintained substrate without soaking it. As soon as the seedlings have reached 5/6 cm and the strongest periods of frost are over, you can install them in place and monitor their watering to get through the summer. Fall sowing can be done directly in place. Take the same precautions: the soil will be loosened before placing the seeds one by one spaced apart (at a distance of 30 cm from each other). They will just be covered with a thin layer and watered. In both cases the first flowering will take place the following summer.